Gratchen Surname

3,602,217th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 30 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
United States

Gratchen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gratchen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States281:12,944,962483,512
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States51:10,043,737422,899

The alternate forms: Grätchen (1) are calculated separately.

Gratchen (24) may also be a first name.

Gratchen Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gratchen Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Gratchen occurs most in The United States. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Grätchen. For other possible spellings of Gratchen click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gratchen? popularity and diffusion

Gratchen is the 3,602,217th most commonly held family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 242,918,197 people. This last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 97 percent of Gratchen are found; 93 percent are found in North America and 93 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Gratchen is also the 2,187,323rd most widely held given name globally, borne by 24 people.

The surname Gratchen is most prevalent in The United States, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 12,944,962. In The United States it is most frequent in: Ohio, where 32 percent reside, Pennsylvania, where 25 percent reside and Maryland, where 21 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 3 percent reside and Venezuela, where 3 percent reside.

Gratchen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Gratchen has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 560 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Gratchen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Gratchen last name are 10.37% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.14% registered with the political party.

Gratchen earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 16.56% more than the national average, earning $50,296 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gratchen
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